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Date:      Mon, 1 Mar 2010 07:24:31 +0200
From:      Nikolay Denev <ndenev@gmail.com>
To:        Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: should zfs care so much about device name changes
Message-ID:  <B7A47488-1EF3-42DE-A2A2-BB0811F71E75@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100227204715.GC2586@garage.freebsd.pl>
References:  <26CCAE99-B056-4754-9324-2945D1643C78@gmail.com> <272C3933-72C9-41AF-AD3A-605A7C57FB61@gmail.com> <20100227204715.GC2586@garage.freebsd.pl>

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On 27 Feb, 2010, at 22:47 , Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 03:58:58PM +0200, Nikolay Denev wrote:
>>=20
>> On Feb 24, 2010, at 11:53 AM, Nikolay Denev wrote:
>>=20
>>> Hello,
>>>=20
>>> I wanted to test the new option ATA_CAM, but that would require a =
boot from another media (USB Drive/CD) and a zpool export/import
>>> to update the vdev names. (actually it's shown as "path" in the =
zpool.cache file) because otherwise the system would refuse to =
open/mount
>>> the pool.
>>> But is that really necessary given the fact that all the devices are =
here, and have matching GUIDS to those in the zpool.cache file?
>>> Shouldnt ZFS just import the pool?=20
>>>=20
>>> In the current state what would one have to do to for example test =
ATA_CAM on a remote machine, where export/import from a rescue
>>> media is not possible?
>>>=20
>>> Thanks,
>>> Niki
>>=20
>>=20
>> I have now looked at =
sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/vdev_geom.c and it seems =
that when a vdev isn't found by pathname it
>> is being searched by guid. But it doesn't seem to be the case here. =
The loader sees the pool and boots the kernel, but then the kernel does =
not see
>> the pool. Any ideas?
>=20
> Try adding vfs.zfs.debug=3D1 to /boot/loader.conf. This will hopefully
> show what's going on.
>=20
> --=20
> Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheel.pl
> pjd@FreeBSD.org                           http://www.FreeBSD.org
> FreeBSD committer                         Am I Evil? Yes, I Am!

Sorry for the noise, it seems like it's not zfs's fault, the machine =
just doesn't see
any disks because I added ATA_CAM but missed atacore and atapci.
I had to capture the boot screen with my camera because my USB keyboard =
does not
work on rootfs mount prompt and I was not able scroll up to see what's =
the cause,
but that's another problem that deserves another thread not in -fs.

Thanks,
Niki





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